ACT American College Testing Program Assessment
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA Average Daily Attendance
AEIS Academic Excellence Indicator System
AMAO Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives
ARD Admission, Review and Dismissal
AYP Adequate Yearly Progress
CTE Career and Technology Education (also CATE)
CogAT Cognitive Abilities Test
DAEP Disciplinary Alternative Education Program
DAP Distinguished Achievement Program
EEO Equal Education Opportunity unit
ELL English Language Learner
ESC Education Service Center
ESL English as a Second Language (program)
ESOL English for Speakers of Other Languages (course)
FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education
GED General Educational Development Test
ILD Instructional Leadership Development
ITBS Iowa Test of Basic Skills
JJAEP Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
LAT Linguistically Accommodated Testing
LDAA Locally Determined Alternate Assessment
LEP Limited English Proficiency
LOTE Languages Other Than English
LPAC Language Proficiency Assessment Committee
NCLB No Child Left Behind
PBMAS Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
PDAS Professional Development and Appraisal System
PEG Public Education Grant
PEIMS Public Education Information Management System
PGP Personal Graduation Plan
RPTE Reading Proficiency Tests in English
RTI Response to Intervention
SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test
SBEC State Board for Educator Certification
SDAA State-Developed Alternative Assessment
SIOP Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
SSI Student Success Initiative
STAAR
STaR(Chart) School Technology and Readiness
TAAS Texas Assessment of Academic Skills
TABS Texas Assessment of Basic Skills
TAC Texas Administrative Code
TAKS Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
TASP Texas Academic Skills Program
TEA Texas Education Agency
TEAMS Texas Assessment of Minimal Skills
TEASE Texas Education Agency Secure Environment
TEC Texas Education Code
TEKS Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
TELPAS Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System
THECB Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
THEO Texas Homeless Education Office
TMI Texas Math Initiative
TOP Texas Observation Protocol
TPRI Texas Primary Reading Inventory
TRI Texas Reading Initiative
TSI Texas Success Initiative
WADA Weighted Average Daily Attendance